A Few of My Favorite Things: Movies

Last week, my coworker, Erin, asked me if I could name my top 10 favorite movies. I started listing them out, and then I got stuck. It’s harder than I originally thought. I realized a lot goes into evaluating my favorites: how much I watch it, the situation in which I discovered the movie, the mood it puts me in, how tied I am to the original story (if it was a book or musical first), the people in it, etc.

Not once when creating my list did I consider their critical appeal or the number of awards the movie had one. That sort of thing is not important to me. To be one of my favorite movies means I, and I alone, and have to love it. So let’s leave judgements aside, shall we?

1) The Green Butchers
2) Pretty Woman
3) A Fish Called Wanda
4) The Count of Monte Cristo (The Original Made for TV version… NOT the new-fangled movie)
5) Jean de Florette
6) Groundhog Day
7) Jurassic Park
8) Better than Sex
9) Demolition Man
10) Fools Rush In
11) Father of the Bride